REMATCH: The Yankees and Tigers played in Lakeland yesterday. The Tigers rallied to tie in the bottom of the ninth, and the Yankees regained the lead in the top of the 10th. The Yankees are undefeated in this past six games (5-0-1).

THE CLOSER RETURNS: Another scheduled outing for Mariano Rivera. He hasn’t allowed an earned run in spring training since March 15, 2008, a span of 26 innings.

SINGLETON HONORED: On Saturday, YES announcer Ken Singleton was honored with the “Denzel Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports” by the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon. Denzel Washington presented the award. Washington and Singleton are each from Mount Vernon and alumni of the Boys & Girls Club.

UPDATE, 1:14 p.m.: Not a perfect throw from Gardner, but it’s enough to get Austin Jackson out at the plate and end the top of the first. Martin caught the ball just up the first-base line and moved quickly to apply the tag. Probably a bad send by the Tigers, testing Gardner who’s a better thrower than he gets credit for being.

UPDATE, 1:18 p.m.: Jeter goes deep to leadoff the bottom of the first inning. That’s his first homer of the spring in his second game back from a tender calf muscle.

UPDATE, 1:59 p.m.: Pineda’s fastball is sitting at 91 mph and he just allowed an RBI triple to tie the game in the third inning. The Yankees keep saying they’re not worried about Pineda’s velocity, but it’s getting late into spring training and it really hasn’t taken a significant leap to where it was last season.

UPDATE, 2:08 p.m.: Jeter’s leadoff double gets stranded in the third inning and it’s still 1-1.

UPDATE, 2:53 p.m.: Watch out! Martin nearly takes a fastball to the face, but drops out of the way just in time.

UPDATE, 3:03 p.m.: Rivera strands a runner at third base and his scoreless spring training streak remains intact. It’s still 1-1 in the middle of the sixth.